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Social Security's IOU Trust Fund Oct. 27, 2016
Social Security is the largest single program in the federal budget. The retirement and disability p... Read More
The Trillion-Dollar Question Oct. 20, 2016
Have you noticed that for a few months, President Barack Obama has stopped bragging about how the fe... Read More
A Constitutional Right to Literacy Oct. 12, 2016
Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, f... Read More
What if Trump and Clinton Have the Same Core Beliefs? Oct. 06, 2016
What if the most remarkable aspect of this presidential election is not how much the two principal c... Read More
Lame Ducks and Corporate Tax Privileges Oct. 06, 2016
Congress recently passed another short-term continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown and... Read More
Holiday Spending Oct. 05, 2016
Dear Annie: Christmas used to be a time that I enjoyed. I have always enjoyed spending time with sib... Read More
Stop Big Government, Seek Bigger Growth Sep. 14, 2016
Seventeen years ago, near the close of the 20th century, the typical American household had a higher... Read More
Fixing Army's Bogus Budget Numbers Aug. 31, 2016
Americans trust the U.S. military to protect lives and freedoms, but they cannot trust it to perform... Read More
The Cost of Dipping Into Your Retirement Aug. 29, 2016
More people than ever are taking loans from their retirement accounts, simply because they can. Here... Read More
Stop Bleeding Red Ink, Make America Sustainable Again Jul. 21, 2016
The Congressional Budget Office recently released its long-term budget outlook. There isn't much new... Read More
Reduce the Hurdles to Private Investment in Infrastructure Jun. 23, 2016
The Congressional Budget Office has a new report looking at the return of federal investment in tran... Read More
A Half-Price State of Mind May. 30, 2016
The data is in, and it's not pretty. The average American is spending $1.22 for each $1 of income. I... Read More
The Public Squalor of Airport Security May. 26, 2016
I was about to share my own sob story, when I read that hundreds of passengers missed their flights ... Read More
Money Is Not for Spending May. 02, 2016
It took me a long time to fully understand the profound truth that money is not just for spending; i... Read More
How Does the Government Waste Money? Let Us Count the Ways Apr. 26, 2016
News flash: Government is inefficient. In the latest version of its annual report on government effi... Read More
What If There Is No Difference? Feb. 11, 2016
What if all the remaining presidential candidates really want the same things? What if they all offe... Read More
Biennial Budgeting Is a Bad Idea Jan. 14, 2016
Those who pay just casual attention to the annual federal budget process can see that it's a mess. I... Read More
What Happens When Private Money Pays for Science? Jan. 07, 2016
As a select few accumulate massive fortunes, two schools of thought vie on how to funnel some of tha... Read More
Republican Congress Delivers a Year to Forget Dec. 31, 2015
A tumultuous year for the Republican-led Congress has come to an end. If you were a supporter of the... Read More
Partying Hipsters, Shrimp Fight Club and Monkeys in Hamster Balls Dec. 24, 2015
In honor of the release of the new "Star Wars" movie, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., subtitled this year'... Read More
